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authorIlia K <mail4ilia@gmail.com>2009-09-16 05:53:07 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-10-07 00:48:41 -0700
commitee5e81f00051b5c373c8de16e3604fd6d3be699e (patch)
treef10ed0120d1669cf903752c3595fbb4b213795f5 /include
parent7bb5fdc2fb021e32703ed1ff0269876bde1fa962 (diff)
downloadlinux-ee5e81f00051b5c373c8de16e3604fd6d3be699e.tar.bz2
add vif using local interface index instead of IP
When routing daemon wants to enable forwarding of multicast traffic it performs something like: struct vifctl vc = { .vifc_vifi = 1, .vifc_flags = 0, .vifc_threshold = 1, .vifc_rate_limit = 0, .vifc_lcl_addr = ip, /* <--- ip address of physical interface, e.g. eth0 */ .vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY), }; setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, MRT_ADD_VIF, &vc, sizeof(vc)); This leads (in the kernel) to calling vif_add() function call which search the (physical) device using assigned IP address: dev = ip_dev_find(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_addr.s_addr); The current API (struct vifctl) does not allow to specify an interface other way than using it's IP, and if there are more than a single interface with specified IP only the first one will be found. The attached patch (against 2.6.30.4) allows to specify an interface by its index, instead of IP address: struct vifctl vc = { .vifc_vifi = 1, .vifc_flags = VIFF_USE_IFINDEX, /* NEW */ .vifc_threshold = 1, .vifc_rate_limit = 0, .vifc_lcl_ifindex = if_nametoindex("eth0"), /* NEW */ .vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY), }; setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, MRT_ADD_VIF, &vc, sizeof(vc)); Signed-off-by: Ilia K. <mail4ilia@gmail.com> === modified file 'include/linux/mroute.h' Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mroute.h13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mroute.h b/include/linux/mroute.h
index 08bc776d05e2..d5f69151f692 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute.h
@@ -59,13 +59,18 @@ struct vifctl {
unsigned char vifc_flags; /* VIFF_ flags */
unsigned char vifc_threshold; /* ttl limit */
unsigned int vifc_rate_limit; /* Rate limiter values (NI) */
- struct in_addr vifc_lcl_addr; /* Our address */
+ union {
+ struct in_addr vifc_lcl_addr; /* Local interface address */
+ int vifc_lcl_ifindex; /* Local interface index */
+ };
struct in_addr vifc_rmt_addr; /* IPIP tunnel addr */
};
-#define VIFF_TUNNEL 0x1 /* IPIP tunnel */
-#define VIFF_SRCRT 0x2 /* NI */
-#define VIFF_REGISTER 0x4 /* register vif */
+#define VIFF_TUNNEL 0x1 /* IPIP tunnel */
+#define VIFF_SRCRT 0x2 /* NI */
+#define VIFF_REGISTER 0x4 /* register vif */
+#define VIFF_USE_IFINDEX 0x8 /* use vifc_lcl_ifindex instead of
+ vifc_lcl_addr to find an interface */
/*
* Cache manipulation structures for mrouted and PIMd